Mr. Wilson's CIS Wiki Forum - Water Water Everywhere

Water Water Everywhere Group # 1
The Earth's oceans and Seas ...
Major Bodies of Water ...

Four Oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Ocean Zones
Pacific is the deepest and largest
64,186,300 square miles
12,925 feet average depth
fifth ocean delimited in 2000
southern oceannorth of antarctica

Coral Reefs...

Forms in shallow warm seas
Made of coral polyps' skeletons
Grow on top of old skeletons
Spend adult lives fixed to same spot
Coral diseases increasing dramatically past 10 years
Responding to onset of bacteria, fungi, viruses

Ocean Zones...

Sunlit ( Down to 650 Feet )
Sea plants and many animals
Twilight ( down to 3,300 feet )
Many different kinds of fish
Sunless ( Down to 13,100 feet )
Animals feed on dead food from above

Coral reef fish are being fished in the tropic areas more ofter in beachy areas, then any other fish in local rivers and lakes.